Cigar-cutter.



Patented Oct. 7, I902.

No. 7|o,sss.

J. H. BOWEN. CIGAR CUTTER.

(Applicution filed Jan. 16, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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JAMES H. BOXVEN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CIGAR-CUTTER.

,SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 710,663, dated October '7, 1902. Application filed January 16,1901, Serial No. 43,499. (No model.)

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Beit known that 1, JAMES H. BOWEN, a citi- Zen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cigar-Cutters, of which the following is a specification.

Myinvention consists of a cigar-cutter having a broad fiat head, hangers pendent therefrom, said head having an opening adapted to receive the tip of a cigar, parallel radial arms one end of each of which is pivotally mounted on said hangers, a frame constructed as hereinafter described, on which the other ends of said arms are pivotally mounted, and a knife connected with one of said arms whereby a light and gentle pressure of said head is sufficient to cause a quick and positive action of the cutter to sever the tip, while the head describes a right line in perpendicular direction, so that the cutting action on the cigar will be true and uniform, said arms being mounted. on a frame of novel construction, the same also providing means for attaching the device in position, the con struction being hereinafter described and the novel features pointed out in the claims.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a cigar-cutter embodying my invention. Figs. 2 and 3 represent vertical sections thereof, the parts being shown in different positions.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a cigar-cutter embodying my invention.

B designates the attaching device, the same comprising the plate 0 and the screw D, said plate having an opening therein forming an eye in which said screw is fitted, whereby the device may be fastened to a proper support.

E designates ears which depend from said plate 0, and F designates ears which rise from said'plate. Passing through said ears is the pin G, which forms the pivot or axis for the arm H. Attached to the end J of the latter is the curved knife K, adjacent to which end are the ears M, which by means of the pin L are pivotally connected with the hanger N, which depends from the head P, the latter having therein the tip-receiving opening Q, preferably of conical form and having on its under side the segmental wallR for the traversing of said knife. The head has a broad fiat surface on which a finger may firmly rest in order to depress the head to effect the cutting operation without necessarily employing the cigar to effect the depression of the head.

S designates an arm which is parallel with the arm H and pivotally connected at one end by the pin T with the hanger N, its other end being bifurcated, as at U, and pivotally mounted by the pin V on the ears E.

XV designates a spring one end, X, of which bears against the arm S and the other end, Y, bears against an inturned lip E at the base of one of the ears E, the pressure of said spring being exerted on said arm to raise the same and with it the arm H and the head P, causing also a motion of the knife K to its normal position, it being evident that the ends of the spring may be readily removed from the arm S and the lip E, and the axes or pins G V may be readily withdrawn from the ears F E for dismembering the device and afterward readily reassembling the same.

On adjacent portions of the arms H and S are lugs or cheek-pieces A B, which are adapted to'cont-act when the parts are in.

their normal position, and thus limit the ascent of the same.

The plate 0 is a rearward continuation of the horizontal cross-bar 0 which joins the ears E and F from side to side,thus preventing spreading of said ears, it being noticed that said ears and plate constitute a frame. The head P, which contains the tip-receiving opening Q, as has been stated, is preferably fiat on its upper face and provides a broad surface on which a finger may be rested while the cigar is being held in said opening, so that downward pressure on said finger may be exerted on said head to lower the same, so that while the cigar is held by the adjacent finger and thumb to steady it in said opening no downward pressure as such is exerted on the cigar, and thus the latter is prevented from being broken or presented untrue to .the cutting edge of the knife K.

The operation is as follows: The tip of a cigar is inserted in the opening Q, and downward pressure exerted by means of the cigar on the head P, whereby the latter descends and with it the parallel arms H and 8, whereby as the knife has its axis on the hanger N at the pivot L' a turning motion is imparted to said knife, so that its cutting edge sweeps under the wall R and the opening Q, therein, thus severing the tip of the cigar, it being apparent that said knife is powerfully operated, owing to the long leverage of the arm II, it being adjacent to the axis L, and so makes an easy, quick, and clean out, while the head P moves in a right line in perpendicular direction, avoiding inclining or slanting of the cigar. As the parallel arms descend the stop A is removed from the stop B and the arm H abuts against the inner end of the plate 0, thus limiting the descent of the head P. \Vhen the cigar is removed, the spring restores the parts to their normal position, the arms and head ascending and the knife returning in the present case to the right, clearing the opening Q, while the stops A B abut and limit the ascent of the head and retain the parts in said normal position.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a cigar-cutter, a tip-receiving head, a frame, pivotal arms, which are mounted on said head and frame, and a spring for returning said head to its normal position, said frame being constructed with bearings for said arms, and an inturned lip, said spring having an end bearing against one of said arms and the other end seated on said lip.

53. In a cigar-cutter, a head with a tip-receiving opening therein, a supporting member, parallel arms having their opposite ends pivotally mounted on said head and member, a knife connected with one of said arms adjacent to the axis thereon on said head and below the latter, and opposed cheek-pieces, said parallel arms for limiting the ascent of said head.

JAMES H. BOWEN.

WVitnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, O; D. MCVAY. 

